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Saint Thomas Christians --- Kerala (India)

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Saint Thomas Christians --- Postcolonialism --- Christianity --- History

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De levendige gemeenschap van thomaschristenen in Zuid-India (Kerala) dateert van het begin van de christelijke jaartelling. Haar oorsprong ligt bij de apostel Thomas, die in het jaar 52 dat gebied bezocht. Jaap van Slageren beschrijft haar geschiedenis en gebruiken, waarin hindoeïstische, joodse en vroegchristelijke elementen te herkennen zijn en toont uitgebreid haar rijke liturgische traditie. 0De thomaschristenen zijn beïnvloed door de Syrische en Assyrische kerken en door achtereenvolgens de Portugese, de Nederlandse (VOC) en de Engelse overheersing. De thomaschristenen hebben een authentiek karakter behouden, terwijl de grote rooms-katholieke en protestantse kerken in Zuid-India een meer westers kerkpatroon zijn gaan volgen.

Christian church history --- India --- Saint Thomas Christians --- Syriac Christians --- History --- Kerala (India) --- Church history.

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Saint Thomas Christians --- History --- Catholic Church --- History --- Synod of Diamper --- Kerala (India) --- Church history

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By studying the history and sources of the Thomas Christians of India, a community of pre-colonial Christian heritage, this book revisits the assumption that Christianity is Western and colonial and that Christians in the non-West are products of colonial and post-colonial missionaries. Christians in the East have had a difficult time getting heard--let alone understood as anti-colonial. This is a problem, especially in studies on India, where the focus has typically been on North India and British colonialism and its impact in the era of globalization. This book analyzes texts and contexts to show how communities of Indian Christians predetermined Western expansionist goals and later defined the Western colonial and Indian national imaginary. Combining historical research and literary analysis, the author prompts a re-evaluation of how Indian Christians reacted to colonialism in India and its potential to influence ongoing events of religious intolerance. Through a rethinking of a postcolonial theoretical framework, this book argues that Thomas Christians attempted an anti-colonial turn in the face of ecclesiastical and civic occupation that was colonial at its core. A novel intervention, this book takes up South India and the impact of Portuguese colonialism in both the early modern and contemporary period. It will be of interest to academics in the fields of Renaissance/Early Modern Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Religious Studies, Christianity, and South Asia.

Saint Thomas Christians --- History. --- India --- Great Britain --- Church history. --- History --- Colonies --- Religion.